Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 24, 2008
Dismantling Marshall's Legacy
The 100-year anniversary of Thurgood Marshall's birth provides an opportunity to remember the commitment to civil rights that the prolific jurist ushered in on the high court - a legacy the Roberts court seems determined to ignore, writes MMary L. Dudziak. - Forum Column
By Mary L. Dudziak
This article appears on Page 6
The recent anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education falls nearly 100 years since the 20th century's greatest civil rights lawyer, Thurgood Marshall, was born (July 2, 1908). Brown was a milestone in the nation's civil rights history; the case also christened Marshall, the plaintiff's lead attorney, as "Mr. Civil Rights." Not long afte...
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